More than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases on May 26

According to the Ministry of Health 's announcement on the Covid-19 epidemic, today, May 26, 1,043 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the country.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the country has had more than 11.6 million cases, ranking 13th out of 231 countries and territories. With a rate of 117,315 cases per million people, Vietnam ranks 120th out of 231 countries and territories.

Today, May 26, the country recorded 1,043 more Covid-19 cases

Health departments reported that on May 25, 265 patients were declared cured, with no deaths due to Covid-19. Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 10.637 million Covid-19 cases in Vietnam have been cured.

At the treatment facilities, there are 50 patients on oxygen. Of these, 41 cases are on oxygen through masks, 6 cases are on high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), 1 case is on non-invasive ventilation, and 2 severe cases require invasive ventilation.

The total number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Vietnam since the beginning of the epidemic is 43,206 cases, accounting for 0.4% of the total number of infections. The total number of deaths in our country ranks 26th out of 231 countries and territories; the number of deaths per million people ranks 141st out of 231 countries and territories.

Compared to Asia, the total number of deaths in Vietnam ranks 7th out of 50 countries and territories; the number of deaths per million people ranks 29th out of 50 countries and territories.

Regarding the progress of Covid-19 vaccination, the Ministry of Health said that on May 25, an additional 1,961 doses were injected. Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, more than 266.4 million doses have been injected to people nationwide.

Of these, nearly 223,736 million doses were given to people aged 18 and over, nearly 24 million doses were given to children aged 12-17, and more than 18.7 million doses were given to children aged 5-11.

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